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Anthony Housefather

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 19, 2023
Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather (Mount Royal, Lib.)
  • 04:36:19 p.m.
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Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Obviously, the situation is frustrating for everyone, but I want to lay out how this would work because what Mrs. Kusie is saying is, I don't believe, accurate about how it would happen. If the committee were to adopt her motion, any member of the House could raise this as a question of privilege—
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Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 04:36:53 p.m.
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I'm sorry about that. Is that better, sir?
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Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 04:37:10 p.m.
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Thank you very much. If we were to refer this to the House, then any member of the House could raise a question of privilege, which would, if the Speaker rules that it is a prima facie case of privilege, end up taking up all kinds of time in the House, not to mention the representations that would be made to determine or argue that it was a question of privilege. While I am sympathetic to the arguments being raised by my colleague, I definitely do not want the valuable legislative time of the House this week being taken up by a question of privilege and stopping legislation from being adopted. For that reason, Mr. Chair, I would not be prepared to support passing this today, in any event. Thank you very much, and I'll turn to Mr. Kusmierczyk, who I think was next.
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Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 04:38:15 p.m.
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That's not what I meant, Mr. Chair.
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Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 05:16:46 p.m.
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I did, Mr. Chair. I'm so sorry. I know you adjourned debate, but I think a request had been made by Mr. Jowhari to get a copy of the email that Mrs. Kusie read into the record when she intervened previously. Thank you.
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Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 05:17:09 p.m.
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No, she read an email from the Privy Council Office dated June 6, 2023, which she used to argue for the motion. Since none of the rest of us had seen it—
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Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 05:56:21 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I was going to ask a question about what the witness just clarified. My understanding—and I just want to get it repeated—is that, essentially, someone who is in the public service can apply for the job. What this amendment would require is that the person from the public service, if they were indeed selected, would simply have to resign from the public service immediately prior to their appointment and they could still be appointed. Is that a correct understanding?
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Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 06:16:01 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, can I just ask for a precision? G-11 is coming into force by GIC, which Mrs. Vignola was against. Is that correct?
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Context: Committee Business Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (OGGO) - Jun/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 06:16:32 p.m.
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Thank you. (Amendment negatived: nays 6; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
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